W1 Signs former Pride Star Hayato “Mach” Sakurai

Don Wilson is on hand in Laval, Quebec tonight for W1: Judgement Day. Top MMA News was informed by W1 Officials that they have signed Pride Veteran Hayato “Mach” Sakurai to their welterweight roster.

Sakurai, a veteran of almost 50 MMA fights will make his W1 debut on the upcoming September fight card taking on fellow Pride and UFC veteran Carlos “The Ronin” Newton. This will be only his third fight on North American soil and his first since a Knockout win over Mac Danzig in 2007.